Passenger-car.



L. B. FISCHER. PASSENGER G R, APPLICATION FILED DECAL 1908..

1,016,683 Patented Feb. 6, 1912.-

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@fziveni'w L. E. PIS CHER. PASSENGER CAR.

, AP PL IOA TION FILED DEQ.11, 1908. 1,016,683.

' Patented Feb. 6, 19-12. I

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lJNtTE- sra'rs PATENT OFFICE.

LOUISE. FISCHER, 0F DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIS C; DUNBAR, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. i

PASSENGER-GAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Application filed December 11, 1908. Serial No. 466,950.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LOUIS E. FISCHER, residing at Danville, in thecounty of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Passenger-Cars, of which the following is aspecification. I

My invention relates to passenger cars and is designed more particularlyfor use in connection with street railway cars.

The objects of the invention are, first, to provide a car havingadjacent ingress and egress passages which may be controlled by anoificer stationed near one of said passages and in a posit-ion whichwill permit him to observe the passengers as they enter and leave thecar; second, to so arrange the ingress passage that the passengersentering the car will pass close to the officers station, therebyenabling him to collect the fares as the passengers enter the car,whatever, if any, may be his other duties; third, to arrange theingressand egress passages at the front end of the car adjacent to the stationof the motorman or other otiicer who may also have control of the motivepower; to provide closures for preventing ingress and egress,respectively, through said passages which may be controlled by saidmotor-man or other ofiicer from his station and to so arrange theingress passage that the passengers entering e car will be obliged topass close to .1142 rnott-rrmans station, thus enabling motorman tocollect the fares and in such case placing the car entirely under thecontrol at the motorman and eliminating the cond to! or second otiicerusually employed; and fourth, to provide the rear portion of the carwith a single passage leading to the exterior thereof and having aclosure under the control of an officer at the front end of the car,thereby enabling the rear end of the car to be maintainednormally closedand to be opened from the front of the car in the case of an emergency.jects the car is provided with an ofiicers section which isusnallylocated at the forward'end of the car and in front of thepassengers section, which latter occupies the major portion of the car.Ingress and egress passages extend fromthe passengers section to theexterior of the car at one side of the officers section and areseparated one from the other by a suitable dividing To obtain theseseveral ob-- structure. The passages are provided with closures. whichmay be controlled from the ofiicers section to permitor prevent thepassage of persons to and from the car. An oflicers station is arrangedat a point adjacent to the ingress passage and in such' relation theretothat the ofiicer 0ccupying the same can collect the fares from thepassengers as they enter the car. \Vhen it is desired to place the car'entirely in the control of a single officer the motive power controllingdevices and the passage controlling devices are placed adjacent to theoiticers station and he is thus enabled to control the movements of thecar and the entrance and exit of passengers therefrom and to collect thefares from the passengers as they enter the car. The rear portion of thecar is preferably closed and provided with an emergency exit which hasclosure operable from the ofiicers section ing drawings, in whichFigure 1. is a top plan View of a car embodying my invention afterremoval of top; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional View taken from plane 22of Fig. i; Fig. 3 shows in horizontal section the forward portion of thecar; Fig. l is a view partly in vertical section, taken transversely ofcar just back of doprways from and to front platform.

In these drawings I have shown, for the purposes of illustration, oneembodiment of my invention, and, as here shown, the reference numeral 1indicates a car body supported upon the usual trucks and normally closedat one end. i The car body is provided at that end opposite the closedend, which in the present arrangement, is the for' vard end of the car,with an ofiicers section, such as a platform 2. The car alsohas in theforward portion,. thereof and usually upon the platform 2 an otlicersstation which, in the present instance, is arranged at the left handside of the oflicers section and has the'motive'power controllingdevices arranged in a position' to be operated by the officer from hisstation. The

station may, if desired, be'separated from.

the remainder of the platform or oflicers section, and, ashere shown, itis divided therefrom by means of a partition 6, the

' dividing structure or partition being of such whereby the passengers.entering the car through the passage 4 are obligedto pass close to theotlicers station.

In theconstruction shown, the partition 6 has glass doors 7 and 8closing passages to passenger section 5 and passage 4, and tl eaperture, or fare window 9, with shelf 10 communicating with passage 4,over which 'fares may be paid or change be made. Any

suitable fare receptacle, as indicated at 11, may be located in or nearthe aperture 9, and the aperture may be provided with-a door or screentoenable closing when desired.

The passage 4 lead from a step 12 of any ordinary construction at theside of the 0thcers section and is enlarged into the platform space 13and curved to pass the ofiicers station 3, where faremay be paid throughthe aperture 9, or deposited in the receptacle 11 before the passengerpasses through the door or other closure 14, which opens inwardly intopassenger sect-ion 5. Though the employment of the door 14, or, ifpreferred, a turnsti'le in lieu thereof, is clearly not of the essenceof my invention, yet in practice its use will be found desirable, and

I prefer to lock the same normally against movement except under releaseby the oflicer through actuation of any suitable release mechanism. Thisrelease mechanism may be as best shown in Figs. ,1 and 3, although itwill be appreciated that any suitable release means, whether mechanical,electrical, pneumatic or otherwise, may be substituted for that shown.

A bell crank lever 15 is pivoted at its elbow in the officers'section,and preferably at the stat-ion 3, and one arm of this lever forms ahandle 16and the other arm 17 pivots at its end to a rod 18, whose otherend other officer rotates the handle 16, this pivots to the end of arm19 extending from the door 14. When the door 14 is in closed position,the various pivot centers are in a common line, and therefore the doorcannot be opened. As soon as the motorman or straight-line pivotarrangement is broken ing thereof by the motorman. After the enj tranceof a passenger into the passenger section 5, the door 14 isautomatically restored, in some suitable manner, to its closed positionand again locked against movement except upon actuation of the releasemechanism.

A register 20 is connected with thedoor 14, and actuated by the openingof the latter to record the number of passengers entering the car,thereby providing'a check upon fare receipts. As shownin Fig. 2, theregister 20 is mounted on the framework above the door 1.4, theactuating arm 21 extending downwardly from the register and in the pathof the arm extending upwardly from the door 14 and pivoted theretoat 23,a spring 24 tending to hold the arm in vertical position against thedoor. hen the door is opened, the arm 22 engages the lower end ofarm 21to raise said arm to cause actuation of the register, and thepivotarrangement of the arm 22 enables this arm to travel past the endof arm 21 when the door is again closed.

A second passage 26 extends from the passengers section of the car tothe step 12 at the side of the oflicers section and constitutes the,egress passage. This egress passage is preferably arranged between theingress passage and that side of the car opposite the oflicersstationand may be separated from the ingress passage by any suitable dividingstructure or partition,-such as a railing 25, so arranged as tointerpalse no material obstacle to the operators -vision. A suitableclosure is provided to control the movement of passengers through thispassage, and, in the illustrated embodiment, this is accomplished by adoor 27 arranged at the inner end 'of the passage and held againstmovement toward the interior of the car.

A post 28 supporting at one end the railing 25, carries the doors 14 and27. Should it be desired, the door 27 also may obviously be locked, byany suitable means, against movement except upon actuation by an oilicerf any suitable release mechanism. This release mechanism may be similarto that shown for controlling the door 14 and would comprise theoperating lever 29, the connect ing rod 30 and the arm 31 extending fromdoor 27. l

'Separation of ingress and egress passages in suitable manner, as in theconstruction shown, will be found not only convenient but important inpractice, and I prefer-also that passage 4 be used for ingress, andpassage 26 for egress, but obviously, with through passage 4 andunightbe intercepted in departure, if desiredbya door or turnstile, located infront of aperture 9. instead of as now shown in drawings, so that thedoor 1% may be suitably interposed between the aperture and. point ofexit from car. Each passage may, of course, be suitably designated atits point of entrance for the guidance of those boarding or leaving. thecar.

To afiord an additional or emergency exit, there maybe providedpreferably in the normally closed rear portion of passenger section 5, adoor 32, which may be normally locked, but provided with any suitablerelease mechanism for actuation by an oflicer. This release mechanismmay be similar to that shown for the doors 14 and 27. comprising anoperating lever 33, the rod 34 and the arm 35, extending from door 32.Additional release mechanism actuated by manually thrown lever 36,within glass faced case 37, may be provided to meet the contingency ofinability of the officer to actuate the release mechanism 35.

It will be found convenient to provide, in cars embodying my invention,a rear platform or portion 38 separated by swinging or sliding doors 39from the main portion of passenger section 5, and suitably equipped withseating accommodations to afford a comfortable and suitably isolatedcompartment for smokers.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily appreciated that aperson taking passage upon a car embodying my invention will enter thepassage 4 by step 12,

under the observation of the motorman or oflicer, who will been abledtherebyto determine the proper moment for starting the car withoutjeopardy to the'safety of the intending passenger." The latter, afterboarding the car, proceeds through passage 4 to fare window 9 and afterthere paying fare, he continues through the inwardly opening door 14 tothe passenger section of the car.

It will be obvious that in the absence of a door or turnstile, only atrare intervals would any attempt be made on the part of a passenger toride free, or to annoy the motor- 4 man by failing to pay fare at thewindow 9,

as detection would be immediate, and the motorman by stopping the carcould quickly reach the passenger by entering through door 7 intopassenger section But by providing a gate or turnstile, as shown in mypreferred embodiment, the possibility of trouble with a passenger whomay reach passenger section Without depositing fare will be averted, ifmovement of door 14 be placed under-control of the operator, who canthus refuse to release locking mechanism system. which may be installed,or by verbal request, thereupon passing through door :27 into egresspassage 26, and after the car has reached a stop, by step 12 to thestreet.

It is evident that there will be no danger that the operator will startthe car in ignorance of the attempt of any passenger to alight, as theprocess of leavingthe car occurs under the operators observation, and ifoutwardly swinging door 27 also be under the control of the operator, itwill be impossible for the passenger to pass therethrough into egresspassage 26, until the operator has released the mechanism by which suchdoor is locked, which he may do simultaneously with or immediatelybefore the stopping of car. It is evident, therefore, that the type ofaccident which is perhaps most frequent in connection with passenger themotorman, not only will it be feasible to dispense wholly with theexpense of a conductor, collector or other agent for the purpose ofcollecting fare, but the danger of missing fares will be wholly averted.

It will be apparent that a car embodying my invention need not belimited in con struction to that type commonly referred to as asingle-end car, butthat each end may be constructed similarly to theconstruction of the forward end of the car shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which event suitable doors may be provided at the sides ofthe car at points of entrance and exit, or other provision made toenable the closing at all times, while the car is in use, of the endwhich for the time being or on any particular run may constitute therear, without in any wise departing from the spirit of my invention.

It will be obvious also that my invention does not necessarily precludethe retention of an additional employee or conductor or other agent uponthe car for the purpose of collecting fares, but that if. desired thatmethod of fare collection may be used whenever desired, withoutdetracting from or de parting from my invention, or in any respectnecessitating modification or alteration of the construction of a carembodying the same.

It will be noted that the construction of the car is such as toconstitute what may be termed a near side car, that is, a car having theentrance and exit both at the forward end of the car on that side nearthe'point' from which the passenger will enter the carer at which hewill alight, thus placing the-passengers entering and leaving the cardirectly under the observation of the motorman or other operator.

Many-modifications of the minor details of my invention will readilysuggest themselvesto those skilled in the art to which it appertains,and I do not desire to be limited in shown and described. -It will benoted that my invention contemplates a platform having three divisions,two of which constitute ingress'and egress passageways, respectively,both .leading from one side. of the platform to the passengers sectionand separated by ture and the third division constituting an oflicersstation which, in the present instance, is the motorm ans station.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let- 'ters Patent is:

1-. A passenger carnormally closed at its rear end and comprising apassengers seca station and normally tion an operators station, apassage adjacent to and separated fromsaid-operators ment in onedirection, and a passage adjacent to the first-mentioned passage andnor- 'mally closed against movement in the opposite direction.

2. A passenger car comprising a passen-' gers section, a motive poweroperators station at the forward end of said car, a passage adjacent toand separated from said motive power operators station, means fornormally closing said passage againstmovement in one direction,operating mechanism 'forsa'id means operable'from sa1d mot1ve poweroperators station, and a passage adjacent to the first-mentioned passageand 'nprma'lly closed against movement in the opposite direction.

3. In a passenger car havlng a normally closed rear end, a platform atthe forward end, an operators station located on said platform, anentrance passage adjacent to said operators station and between saidoperators station and the egress passage and direction, and an egresspassage adjacent to the entrance against movement in one direction. I

4:. A passenger .car comprising a passengerjsection normally closed atone end and- .provided with a smoking compartment, a, "motive poweroperators station, contiguous passages for opposite movement frompassenger section'to car exterior, both of said passages being separatedfrom but one thereof being contiguous to said operators station. i

5. A passenger car provided at one end only with motive powercontrolling apparatus and entrance and exit, the other end having anormally closed exit under control a divisional struc-' closed againstmove movement in one passage and normally closed extending from saidpassengers the exterior .of thecar in the rear of said of said powercontrolling appassage. -7. A passenger 'car having a passenger sectionand a platform at one end, said platform being divided to provide amotive power operators station and an egress passageway and an ingresspassageway between 1 sa1d egress passageway and said operators station,a door controlling passage to egress passageway from said passengersection, and

a door controlling entrance to said passenger section from said ingresspassageway, both doors being undercontrol of the operator in saidoperators station. 8. A passenger car having at one end a motive-poweroperators station, an ingress passage and an egress passage, and havingat its other end only an emergency outlet,- said ingress andegr'ess*passages and said outlet being all controlled by in theoperators station.

9. A passenger car having a passengers section, and an oflicers sectionat one end, a divisional structure on said oflicers section forming anofiicers station, ingress and egress passageways extending from the sameside ofsaid ofiicers section tosaid passengers-section, a dividingstructure separating said passageways for substantially their fulllength, doors to close said passageways, and means remote from saiddoors and operable from said ofiicers station to close said doors.

10. A near side'passenge'r car having its rear end normally closed andcomprising a passengers section, and an officers section at the frontend thereof, said officers section comprising three divisions, oneconstituting an ofiicers station and the other two constitutingpassageways, one for the ingress and formed to require passengers on.

and'the other for the egress of passengers,

both wholly at the front end of the near side of the car and bothleading from one side of said oflicers section to the passengerssection, and divisional structures separating 1 the-three divisions. v

11. A passenger car having a passengers section, an oflicers section atthe front end thereof, ing from one side of said ofiiccrs section tosaid passengers section, a' divisional struc ture to separate said passaes, doors to close sa1d passages, means opera le from sa1d ofli-- apassage cers section to control 'said doors,

section to officers section a closure for said Y assa e ingress andegress passages extendand means operable from saidoflicers section tocontrol said closure.

12. A passenger car having a passengers section, an officers section atone end thereof, an otficers station, an ingress passage extending'fromone side of said officers section 'to said passengers section andarranged adjacent to said ofiicers station, an egress passage extendingfrom said passengers section to said side of said otticers section andarranged between said ingress passage and the side of said car, doors toclose said passages, and means operable from said oflicers station tomanipulate said doors.

13. The combination in a passenger car, of

a body portion, a platform at the forward said doorway, and means foroperating the door at the platform at the front of the car and also at apoint at the rear of the car near LOUIS nriscnnn.

Witnesses: I V WALTER L. MURPHY,

CARL W. BRAND. 4

end of the body portion, a door-way at the rear of the ,car,1a doorarranged to close

